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THBJohn Chardin The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies, through the Black-Sea, and the country of Colchis. The First Volume, con
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Chardin, John
The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies, through the Black-Sea, and the country of Colchis. The First Volume, containing the Author's Voyage from Parus to Ispahan. To which is added, The Coronation of this Present King of Persia, Solyman the Third. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. Mit 1 gestoch. Forntispiz-Porträt, 1 gestoch. Titel, 1 gef. Karte, 15 gestoch. Tafeln (davon 11 gef.), 3 Kopfvign. 1 Schlussvign. u. 3 Initialen. London, Pitt, 1686. 7 Bll., 417 S., 5 Bll., 154 S., 3 Bll. Folio. Ldr. d. Zt. mit erneuertem Rücken (berieben u. beschabt, Ecken bestoßen, neue Vorsätze).
Erste englische Ausgabe dieses berühmten Reiseberichts von J. Chardin, Reisender und Juwelier am Hof von Karl II. von England, wohin er nach der Verfolgung der Potestanten in Paris floh. - Bl. 357-358 mit Randausriss u. Einriss im Text. Bl. 359-360 mit kleinem Loch (Buchstabenverlust). Wenige Taf. knapp beschnitten, einige Taf. u. Bll. mit Randläsuren bzw. Einrissen (im Falz). Stellenweise lichtrandig, gebräunt bzw. fingerfleckig.
Engr. portrait, additional engr. title-page, folding engr. map, and 15 engr. plates (15 fold.), vignettes and initials. - 1st English edition, published at the same time as the French edition of this famous travel account by Jean Chardin, traveller and jeweller at the court of Charles II of England, where he fled after the persecution of the potestants in Paris. - Contemporary calf (rubbed and cheafed, corners bumped and worn, new endpapers), re-backed. - Leaf 357-358 with portion torn away from margin and tear running into text. Leaf 359-360 with small hole and loss of 2 letters. A few plates closely trimmed, some with tearing or fraying to margins. Occasional light foxing, browning or fingerstaining.
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